The NYT tries to figure out what portion of Barack Obama is Valerie Jarrett.

A fascinating long article by Jo Becker: “She is the single most influential person in the Obama White House,” said one former senior White ...

"I Know Why the Caged Bird Laughs" — the Maya Angelou prank show.

I dvr "Saturday Night Live," but I rarely watch any of it. But we got sucked into this week's show , with Maya Rudolph hosting...

Cornel West — protesting Citizens United — gets himself arrested on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Reported by Susan Brooks Thisltethwaite at the Washington Post's "On Faith" blog: The Supreme Court was a fitting venue for th...

"It’s ready to die, brother. If I drop dead, I am coffin-ready."

"I got my tie, my white shirt, everything. Just fix my Afro nice in the coffin." Cornel West.

Why did Cornel West call Obama "a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats"?

What set him off ? Glenn Loury and Joshua Cohen try to figure it out: